Techcitement*

A Social Media Meltdown For Amy’s Baking Company Bakery

Cody Melcher — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:45:19 +0000

The lights in the theater lower, the projector speeds up, and the screen alights. –Cue trailer– In a world of terror, anguish, oppressors, and trolls, one bakery will stand up and defend honor and truth: AMY’S BAKING COMPANY BAKERY BOUTIQUE & BISTRO! She is “WONDER WOMAN… A GREAT CHEF, A GREAT WIFE, AND A GREAT [...]

Boldly Going Where No Techfiction Has Gone Before With Star Trek

Mordechai Osdoby — Thu, 16 May 2013 22:12:19 +0000

It’s hard to imagine a television show that has had more examples of techfiction becomie techfact than the original Star Trek series. The multimedia franchise has a grip on the collective unconsciousness of geeks on the level of few other things. While the movies and spin-offs have their own assortment of impressive gadgetry made real, the original [...]

Google Wallet Deposits Itself Into Your Gmail

Meghan Wolff — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:39:17 +0000

Right now, I owe my best friend $25 for a They Might Be Giants concert ticket and $27 for a Magic the Gathering pre-release tournament, my boyfriend $40 because I had to order a new debit card and destroy my old one after someone used it to spend $500 at Walmart.com, and my mom $300 [...]

Teaser Trailer For Batman: Arkham Origins Kicks You In The Face

Justin Davis — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:58:39 +0000

The game isn’t set to come out until October 25, but Batman: Arkham Origins has been pumping the gaming community full of adrenalin for months with teases about new characters and storylines. Today is no different. Warner Bros. Games Montreal has released a 41-second teaser trailer for the game that highlights one of those new [...]

Government Seizes Bitcoin Trading Site’s Bank Account

Tom Wyrick — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:09 +0000

The United States Department of Homeland Security shut down Mt. Gox’s ability to accept or send transfers using mobile payment service Dwolla last night. According to the warrant, a Homeland Security special agent believes Mt. Gox is guilty of the crime of operating an “unlicensed money transmitting business.” After an undercover informant used the service [...]

What’s Been Announced At Google I/O 2013 So Far?

Justin Davis — Wed, 15 May 2013 20:45:08 +0000

While we all wait for more news, both of the official kind and leaks alike, to make its way out of Google I/O 2013, the massive company has decided to make a few preemptive strikes by putting out information on its own. So far, these have mostly been expected bits of news, like updates to [...]

Android 4.3 Release Leaked Early

Justin Davis — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:44:46 +0000

Today’s keynote address at the first day of Google I/O 2013 may lack a few surprises considering the amount of news leaking out early. One such example is the release of Android 4.3, which The Verge found by digging through the search listings on Google’s developer website. Not much is known about Android 4.3 (Jelly [...]

DC Comics Comes To The Scribblenauts Universe

Justin Davis — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:00:07 +0000

Warner Bros. Interactive has teamed up with video game company 5TH Cell to create Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure, where you get to control the main character Maxwell as he goes on adventures with iconic heroes. As with other Scribblenauts games, you use your magic notebook to summon objects by writing their names out, [...]

Review: Should You RSVP For The Kyocera Event?

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:35:23 +0000

The non-contract smartphone industry keeps growing, and we can’t help but wonder if some of the more established players in that market are going to react. Virgin Mobile, for example, gives you $100 credit when you switch to the Sprint-owned contractless service. Virgin also offers yet another low-end Android phone from Kyocera, kings of the [...]

Are Smart PJs, With App-released Embedded Stories, A Dumb Idea?

Mordechai Osdoby — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:52:45 +0000

Some companies try a little too hard to appeal to tech-savvy parents. Smart PJs have a code printed on them that bring up a story on your smartphone when scanned by the company’s app. Really. This isn’t a gag. This is clearly what it looks like when someone learns about QR codes and thinks they’re [...]